Dive HMAS Brisbane Report 16th July - 23rd July 2009

Dive Report;
Well, FINALLY!!!, we are experiencing some of our traditional winter diving weather. The seas are flat and the water is a comfortable 19C.

Visibility is on the improve too with 8-10 metres reported yesterday. The marine life on the HMAS BRISBANE is still very prolific but we are finding heaps of fishing line, hooks and even an anchor on the ship. Numbers of King Fish are down, probably due to the fishermen who blatantly flaunt the rules and fish in a NO FISH zone, and don't care. There are heaps of other fish species that make up for the short fall of Kingies though. The HMAS BRISBANE has not lost any of it's charm and is still getting rave reports from all divers who visit her. I am mystified why we are not seeing patrols to the BRISBANE in an effort to stamp out the illegal fishing. There was a huge high for all the divers on board yesterday.

They could hear the whales while on the dive and there were 2 whales that passed right over the top of the HMAS BRISBANE. Then to cap it all off, they had a whale 'encounter' on the way back to port with whales coming up to within 5 metres of the boat. The troops were stoked.

Dive Safe
Greg from Sunreef
HMAS Brisbane dive specialists Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Dive HMAS BRISBANE with Sunreef.